Finance Business Advisor - Wholesale Banking in Brussel

Finance Business Advisor – Wholesale Banking

Permanent, Full-time in Brussels

Introduction

Within Finance Business Advice (FBA) we are looking for a financial advisor to strengthen our Wholesale Banking team. The team is perfectly situated to financially navigate the business through a rapidly changing banking environment with rising interest rates, high inflation and a challenging geopolitical environment.  We are looking for someone that takes ownership and makes it happen, that has an enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a capability for always being a step ahead. In return we offer personal growth & challenging work, an open and dynamic environment and a progressive and forward-looking mentality.

Role & work environment

Within Finance Business Advice, the Wholesale Banking team is the cornerstone for financial insights and advice for Wholesale Banking organization. This segment of ING Belgium provides a wide range of financial services to support our clients businesses, which range from cash management solutions to complex financing structures. From finance business advice, you will be the pro-active partner empowering the teams with valuable information and advice on both strategic and day-to-day themes, like for example financially navigating our lending and cash management colleagues through the current changing interest rate environment and what the impact of structural high inflation will be on the business performance.

You will join a dynamic team that provides regular reporting and advice to senior management, while also maintaining relationships with various other internal stakeholders. Your role will be to actively engage with the respective products- and sector leads on what the business environment means financially and how they can act accordingly. You will be their financial compass! This will put you in the driving seat for the forecasting process and for providing ad-hoc support, sometimes on business cases for new or existing products and sometimes more related to developing new reporting standards.

Together we will foster a way of working driven by our values with “our data is always right” at the core. We take ownership, we have the expertise, we communicate clearly and easily, and we challenge and advise.

Key responsibilities

Provide financial result presentations, analyses and advice to relevant stakeholders

• Ensure high quality, first time right deliverables
• Actively develop relationships with the wholesale Banking business and act as a trusted advisor by supporting the business/ product leads with strategic analysis to steer the business
• Proactively look for ways to improve the content and format, keeping it relevant in the current fast-changing environment

Be involved in the overall budgeting and forecasting process

• Be responsible for providing accurate forward looking financial plans for a broad range of Wholesale Banking products
• Play a strong role in challenging and aligning with stakeholders on financial developments within their respective products/sectors

Play an active role in the FBA department

• Work on overarching projects which cover the full bank (e.g., cost allocation)
• Actively work and think along in the team to look for possible efficiencies in our processes and to improve business relevant insights

We look for

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, who will bring fresh ideas to the table, has a strong strategic compass and is able to embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally curious and collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As a Finance Business Advisor, you will also need:

• A master's degree in economics, finance or equivalent
• An analytical mind and intellectual curiosity that you combine with a sincere interest in banking and market developments
• A proactive and autonomous attitude that translates into flexibility when deadlines are due
• 3-5 years’ experience in a (business) control or management accounting position is a plus
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Experience in translating data analysis into sound advice that you’ll be able to combine with providing independent strategic advice to senior management

We offer you 

A clear purpose, a unique offer and a challenging environment:

• Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions
• An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours
• A progressive way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention
• A hybrid way of working, which allows you to work 50% from home.

Furthermore, you can count on a range of opportunities to invest in your personal and professional growth with:

• The possibility to participate in multiple courses and trainings focused on both hard and soft skills
• Possibility to work on complex projects & tasks with a steep learning curve

Is this the environment you thrive in?

Then please apply and join us in changing the future of finance and banking!